News tagged with biological material


'Dark genome' is involved in Rett Syndrome

Researchers at the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program at IDIBELL led by Manel Esteller, ICREA researcher and professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona, have described alterations in noncoding ...

Genetics created May 02, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Inhibiting enzymes in the cell may lead to development and proliferation of cancer cells

Blocking certain enzymes in the cell may prevent cancer cell division and growth, according to new findings from researchers at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The ...

Cancer created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Discovery points to new approach to fight dengue virus

Researchers have discovered that rising temperature induces key changes in the dengue virus when it enters its human host, and the findings represent a new approach for designing vaccines against the aggressive ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research looks at novel ways to combat drug resistance

University of Southampton biological scientists are leading a major research project aimed at making drugs more effective.

Medical research created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When timing is everything: Research says beneficial mutations need specific circumstances to win out

When it comes to the sort of beneficial mutations that drive natural selection, there's new evidence that, evolutionarily speaking, timing is everything.

Genetics created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Data pooling in biobanks: The BIOPOOL project

A European consortium of medical, research and higher education institutions is developing a network for banks containing digitalised images of human tissue—"biobanks"— which will help doctors to diagnose different types ...

Other created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish researchers design biomarkers for the detection of dengue and West Nile virus

Researchers at the University of Granada have designed a set of biomarkers that can be used in diagnostic tests for the detection of dengue and the West Nile virus, two infectious diseases transmitted by ...

Medical research created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carolina scientists use virus to deliver genetic material to slow kids' illness

Even if the patients hadn't been as young as 4 months old, the surgery would have been harrowing: six holes bored into the skull, six tiny tubes inserted directly into targeted parts of the brain, then a solution containing ...

Medical research created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cell proliferation is a key factor in degenerative diseases and cancers

(Medical Xpress)—A newly-engineered strain of mice whose dividing cells express a fluorescent protein could open the door to new methods of regulating cell proliferation in humans. Cell proliferation plays ...

Medical research created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered enzyme implicated in the spreading of cancer

Enzyme hunters at UiO have discovered the function of an enzyme that is important in the spreading of cancer. Cancer researchers now hope to inhibit the enzyme.

Cancer created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EU unveils measures to combat biopiracy

The European Union on Thursday set out proposals aimed at thwarting the illegal use of genetic resources and traditional medicine, a practice known as bio-piracy.

Other created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-regulating networks dictate the genetic program of tumor cells

Scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin could explain a yet unknown regulatory network that controls the growth of tumor cells. Understanding such networks is an important task in molecular tumor biology in ...

Cancer created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BGI develops whole exome sequencing analysis of FFPE DNA samples to boost biomedicine

BGI Tech Solutions announced today that they have achieved whole exome sequencing analysis of total degraded DNA as low as 200 ng from formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples. This advancement enables researchers ...

Genetics created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do ovaries continue to produce eggs during adulthood?

A compelling new genetic study tracing the origins of immature egg cells, or 'oocytes', from the embryonic period throughout adulthood adds new information to a growing controversy. The notion of a "biological clock" in women ...

Genetics created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify promising new drug target for kidney disease

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a regulator protein that plays a crucial role in kidney fibrosis, a condition that leads to kidney failure. Finding this regulator provides a new therapeutic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast